SIMBAD references

2005ApJ...633..138P - Astrophys. J., 633, 138-147 (2005/November-1)

A high-resolution mosaic of molecular gas in Stephan's quintet.

PETITPAS G.R. and TAYLOR C.L.

Abstract (from CDS):

We present high-resolution 12CO J=1-0 observations of the molecular gas in the Hickson compact group Stephan's Quintet (HCG 92). Our observations consist of multiple pointings and mosaics covering all the regions where CO and star formation have been detected. Within the 100" field of view centered on the easternmost tidal tail, we detect three clumps of emission that may be partially resolved at our resolution of 8"; two of these are new detections not previously seen in ISM studies of this region. Two of these clumps lie in the optical tidal tail, while the third lies to the southeast and is coincident with a large H I feature, but it does not correspond to any features at other wavelengths. We also tentatively detect CO emission from the star-forming regions in the ``old tail'' corresponding to recent star formation activity detected in recent UV and Hα observations. Observations of the rest of the compact group do not show detections, even though strong emission was detected with single-dish telescopes, which suggests that the CO emission originates from a diffuse molecular gas cloud or from at least three separate clumps with separations greater than around 3 kpc.

Abstract Copyright:

Journal keyword(s): Galaxies: Clusters: Individual: Alphanumeric: HCG 92 - galaxies: clusters: individual (Stephan's Quintet) - Galaxies: Interactions - Galaxies: ISM - Galaxies: Intergalactic Medium

Nomenclature: Table 2: [PT2005] SQB N=1, [PT2005] SQB WW (Nos SE, NW). Table 3: [PT2005] SQOT N (Nos 1-4).

Simbad objects: 13

goto Full paper

goto View the references in ADS

To bookmark this query, right click on this link: simbad:2005ApJ...633..138P and select 'bookmark this link' or equivalent in the popup menu